Designing with Alternative Building Materials and Review of Building Materials

This book explains possible alternative building materials along with the test results including review of common building materials, earth engineering and construction, suitable soil, soil mechanics and production, masonry construction, rammed earth construction, use of ferro-cement units for projects, and fibre reinforced concrete.

This book explores alternative building materials and their test results. It includes a review of common building materials, earth engineering and construction, suitable soil types, soil mechanics and production, masonry construction, rammed earth construction, the use of ferro-cement units in projects, and the application of fibre-reinforced concrete. Other topics such as project management, computer-aided design, education and training for engineers, construction work, quality control, safety aspects, communication, applications and case studies, accompanied by construction photographs, are covered in this book.

Features:

• Focuses on alternative building materials and their applications in projects.
• Provides a useful overview of earth and concrete alternative construction materials.
• Comprehensively covers different types of fibre-reinforced concrete.
• Explains relevant sustainability and environmental benefits.

• Includes a case study on carbon fibre composite material used for strengthening a column. This book is aimed at professionals in civil and construction engineering.

  Autorentext

  Kalyan Kumar Ganguly (Gangopadhyay) received his BE in civil engineering from Jadavpur University in 1964. He is a qualified Chartered Engineer (London) and obtained his PhD from Teesside, UK, in 1972. He has more than 57 years of experience in India and the UK, covering design, site supervision, project management, research, and teaching. The spectrum of projects includes bridges, power projects, fertilizer projects, chemical plants, heavy civil engineering projects, university complexes, hotels and resorts, research centres, housing and commercial complexes. Some of the special projects involving alternative building materials will include ferro-cement, compressed earth blocks, rammed earth construction, etc. He has also handled repair and rehabilitation projects on buildings, bridges, and heritage structures.

  Inhalt

  1. General Items and Brief Comments on Building Materials and Earth Technology 2. Earth/Clay, Alternative Building Materials, Cob, Wattle-and-Daub, and Some Other Methods 3. Compressed Earth Blocks (CEB), Soil/Earth, Stabilisers, Fibres, and Applications 4. Adobe, Clay, Fly Ash-Lime Bricks, and Masonry Construction 5. Rammed Earth Construction 6. Ferro-Cement 7. Fibre-Reinforced Concrete 8. Brief Comments on Building Materials 9. Concrete as a Building Material 10. Steel Structures 11. Computer-Aided Work, Education, Training, Quality, Reliability, and Communication 12. Sustainability/Resilience, Hazards, Risks, and Structural and Site Safety 13. Construction, Supervision, Site Accidents, Project, and Risk Management 14. Repair Work to Structures 15. Construction Photographs from Projects 16. Summary and Comments from Review on Alternative Building Materials